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saurischian, a. and n.|sɔːˈrɪskɪən|
[f. mod.L. Saurischia (H. G. Seeley 1887, in Proc. R. Soc. XLIII. 170), f. Gr. σαύρα, σαῦρος lizard + ἰσχίον ischium + -an.]
a. adj. Relating or pertaining to the Saurischia, a sub-order or order of dinosaurian reptiles with the inferior pelvic elements directed downwards.
b. n. A member of the Saurischia.
1887Seeley in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XLIV. 86 This..is an intelligible modification of the Saurischian type. 1891in Century Dict. 1933A. S. Romer Vertebr. Paleontol. ix. 181 We shall here use a conservative classification which divides the saurischians into two suborders. Ibid. 184 (caption) The manus in saurischian dinosaurs. 1970Nature 11 Apr. 109/1 It was carnivorous and is thus classified in the Theropoda within the saurischian dinosaurs. 1973J. Updike Museums & Women 197 The two saurischians entered his party with the languid confidence of the specially cherished. 1977Radio Times 17 Dec. 45 One of the liveliest of these disputes concerns the two great groups of dinosaurs, the saurischians (with hip-bones like those of lizards) and the ornithischians. |